I rarely leave comments but I had to say to anyone who finds this, this is a great movie! Take the time to watch.

Once again, I venture into the world of Sci Fi. Ever hopeful of able to say "Great you should see the movie I just watched!"...I can say this... Excellent camera work, very good sound, very good close ups, story concept good, .....but once again ....The ending ...WTF ! Eric in Australia

I found myself immersed in the situation, without having any idea, just as it also happened to them, what was happening. It has a Solaris flavor to it, but it's a creation unto itself. It immerses you in its invisible tension. I liked...

I liked the movie and immersive ambience. Also I wish I could respond to direct questions with maximum ambiguity as these characters do. It would make my work life a lot easier.

Just came across this on KZfaq, really don't know how old it is, but it has that 1980s,low budget SCI fi feel to it, and they nailed it,has cult status,if it already doesn't 👍👍👍

As one commenter implied, this is science fiction for adults. A couple of others noted the Solaris feel. There's a lot to be said for any film that it's even in the same neighborhood. Well done.

This was the second time I watched this movie and now I understand the ending.

SOLARIS-like (Tarkovski version) And some nods to BLADERUNNER. The lead actor is quite good. I have partial heavily detailed spaceship set here plus tons of set-dressing and sf prop material and miniature pieces. A shame I never got the opportunity to shoot anything major with all this....soon to be disassembled!! Thanks for posting. Nice to see SF with a strong DRAMATIC core instead of all empty effects.

I especially liked the computerized voice of the emergency beacon device! 🚨🤖

I liked the movie -80s low budget feel, slow pace, lot of things open to imagination... but maybe too many things let to imagination: I don't know what happened. Help?

@36:41 - hallway example - plain jane with clutter and flat/muted wall texture no high gloss

Crystal holding a power chemical. Star Trek/ Warp core.

Reminds me of Solaris ...

That guy doesn't blink ! 👀

Ascension. To ascend, move up, climb higher, improve. At the end the angel-light is from above and the glass from the hatch is falling down, signalling a breach. Whether Hayes ascended is up to you.. was he worthy? Did his crime keep from ascending? Did it even matter, and is ascension for everyone anyway? Ascend. + Equilibrium. = Descend. -

I like endings with answers or a followup that takes care of it. Other than that well done.

Actually...the habitat probably will look like steel shipping containers...for a long time. Be a while until Star Trek type civilization..

Smart, engrossing, thought provoking, unique

I lived through 6 decades of not seeing what that majority of science fiction books and movies thought would be the future. When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon July 20, 1969 in a bug looking spaceship. Science Fiction had us colonizing Mars. In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey we were supposed to have a giant round space station that was like a luxury resort and we were supposed to be able to travel to the moon, Jupiter and beyond. But in reality in 2001, 23 years ago we only have a space station that looks like a Lego set made from connected beer cans, we didn't go back to the moon and we still don't really know if we could make it to Mars and with our current technology we don't know whether if we could go and come back or have to go and make it a one way trip then we can learn from that trip to figure out how to make it a two way trip. As of now it's a 9 month voyage to mars. A three month wait for the proper alignment of Earth and Mars then a another 9 months to return. A total of 21 months.

Really beautifully done. Some echoes of Solaris, but even so, excellent work. Great dialogue and great acting from everyone. Kudos.

not bad at all! Good movie!

*Excellent.* This is what real science fiction is about in every way, regardless of the budget. I consider this a classic. _Not for impatient kids with no attention span or imagination!_

Great lighting. Good acting. Budget got the job done.

Thanx for sharing this Gem!!! A wonderful film... It was like reading a very good Stephen King short story, a slow insight in the human mind... When the pace slowed even more, and the spoken words disappeared, it was even better - you get the chance to "fill in the blanks" yourself!!! Whats happening? What is he/she thinking about right now? You get the chance to actually build the story TOGETHER with the filmmaker!!! Great film, Stephen King class!!! The most honest 8 of 10 I've given on KZfaq (and that scale includes ALL films I've ever seen, from Terminator and Rocky to As Good As It Gets and Titanic - all masterpieces!) Thanx a million for sharing this 🙏 Love from Sweden 💖

[spoiler alert] Yes, this movie seems to me to be based on the movie SOLARIS. I have noticed something over the years, though. There is such a thing as a plot. Often the same plot has appeared over and over and over again. Even in the same genre, the same plots often appears. However... Here enters the Storyteller! Whether the storyteller is one person or a collective-made movie, the storyteller makes or breaks the plot. A Storyteller can take a plot or event, one that has appeared over and over, and turn this plot into a very creative story. It is how a story is told, rather than the plot contents alone, that makes this story very interesting and well done. ...like this here movie, ASCENSION! Halfway through the movie, I predicted what would happen. Yup, came true. It IS the journey, not the destination that Counts! I knew of someone who could describe to his friends his buying trip to Walmart and describing to the penny each of the several dozen items he bought! But this account was gripping! I wanted to hear more! In fact, my father. Someone told me that he came into the cafe and then sat down with his buddies and he began to Talk! Yes, talk. Talk non-stop and non-stop for FOUR HOURS and no one said a single word! He talked Indian legends, weather, geology, geography, coal, caves, settler accounts, and so much more. His wife eventually called to tell him supper was ready and he had now to leave. Silence! one man spoke up and he said, "Too bad Dudley had to leave, I wanted more"! *This* person was a storyteller. Your movie is made by storytellers. By You and maybe others too. Thank you. *subscribe*!

It is similar to Outland with Sean Connery.

To my understanding the scientist was murdered by one of them and they were complicit in the action. Jealousy probably! They made sure that the scientist left no trace of his whereabouts!

i love the fact that they smoke in the future, it's gotta be rebellious , hell it is today !

I enjoyed watching this movie a lot, despite the fact that english is not my native language. Especially the Soundtrack really impressed me. A real pleasure, well worth the watch. You did an amazing Job here.

Life forms all have a way of communicating though from one species to another would we always know.

Weird, strange , erie even.

what a tremendous undertaking and well done...oddly watching this in my dark hangar it was somewhat scary...

It is wonderfull. In a way, I feel a "classic Russian literature" spirit in it. Wandering around in the thoughs of people, not reaching the bottom of any, as is the reality in life.

The set looks very real that must really a big job to do. Acting good.

Superb cinematography. THANKS for sharing it.

14:15 william blake was out there, a mystic and prophet.

Classic science fiction . They don't make science fiction movies like this anymore , just a lot of zombie apocalypse crap and alien warfare crap .

Well, that was a trip! Thoroughly enjoyed. Will rewatch

I liked it! Didn't realise it was 25-year shoestring movie lol Of course it had the feel" but I liked that and just went with it. My time was honoured so in turn I am to". Thank you for this tunnel back in your" time..

WOW, This is very good. I noticed the lower budget, but not much. Very good STYLE of Blade Runner, the original, spooky DISTOPIAN, type future.

Gem 💎 Actor’s for a low budget….. Fantastic watch 💥

Excellent with so little !. Thanks. Dave

For only 3 actors this was a good movie well enjoyed for a low budget movie its a 5 star 🌟 movie

Excellent work. 9/10 from me. Still trying to unravel the story but give me time! Nothing to prevent this from being a classic regardless of the budget. Very hard to fault any aspect of the whole movie. Take a bow!!!

Don't even know what I just watched, but it was entertaining.

I suppose. Perhaps. I have no idea. 'ts what they say. The maintenance guy's acting.. all of it. Beautiful.

Diylium/cold fission

Great ending

Superb story and acting. Excellent ambiguous ending.

Thank you for this wonderful film. Really enjoyed it.

Great job for low budget. Acting and sets looked good. What effects you had seemed to be done well. I agree with others the ending is not very clear, kinda has a 2001 feel. Only real complaint is I understand the suspense slow burner approach but was just to slow, some dead time, scene's not really needed. If you had had just a couple more characters at odds about this and that, different opinions on what happen, not getting along from the isolation, etc, would have really helped keep things moving along and fill in some time. But yah, great job, great quality.

Great job! I would've have proud to have made this. Thanks! Maybe hook up with Dust or something.

Wow!! Just wow!

I thought the Commodore 64 keyboard was a nice touch.

Pretty darn good movie! I prefer 'someone get's out alive' in my best movies but hey, really really nice work!

Didn't get it but was entertained.

Wonderfull, but a little deep for me. I think I'll try it again. Thx for the film.

Well, It's Just A Movie... Enjoy Watching It.

That's some powerful sleepers...sign me up for a double 😅😂

Well worth watching. I really enjoyed this film, thanks.

Thanks for posting

Very interesting

Good Film. I enjoyed it. Thank You & Best Regards to all involved. Keep up the good work

Amazing job for low budget! I look forward to seeing what you come out with next

Great movie, really well written had to watch every minute to get the gist of the plot ...the ending was good and left you guessing...

Great cinematography and sets. Good job overall. You have mad talent and should do something else.

Koffka would be jealous 👍🏼👍🏼

Fantastic and flawless.

I like movies that hold my interest throughout. Well done!

Need white rasin Wall fire proof paint. Illuminated.

Very cool! Thank you!

Great movie

Nice job.

I liked some parts of the movie, but in the end, I was not really sure what happened or what didn't happen. I wasn't sure what was real and what wasn't.

Brilliant. The story, acting, and all the other various parts worked well together. Thanks for posting this one.

happened. upon and sincerely amazed!

Brilliant

I totally loved this movie. Well done on such a tight budget. Kudos to you two 🤗🙏

I enjoyed your film. For a budget effort i was impressed. I hope you get work. You deserve it.

Nicely transferred to digital looks good from my device

Bollywood sci fi is starting its own production! Hindi with English subtitles .Seems that BRICS have a common development and are billions people .This is a fab movie, thanks 4 sharing !

Excellent...hold your interest.

Superb. This held my attention thru out.

Fabulous.

I feel the ending was a little too ambiguous but other than that, I liked it.

Very good film

Too good to have been produced on such a low budget. This must be a cult film in the d web.

Big heads full screen, and some more big heads.

Wow..this is 25 years old? How long have you had it on Y.T.? I just today noticed it. And you say you made it on "an extreme shoestring budget." Well, I think you did extremely well for an extremely shoestring budget..!! Yea, I thought it started slow; especially with the almost non existent dialogue between the characters. I was talking to the screen with : But wait a minute...why didn't you say this...or that....why didn't you respond with the obvious come-back questions...etc...!! But that is what ratcheted up the tension and it got me hooked. Well done....different...weird....I liked it.

Good

Very underrated movie. Very impressive, even more if seen as a first full-length feature film.Yes, slow pacing, not much dialog. But captivating, at least for me. It is good when things are left open for imagination. Sadly, you didn't follow a career path as a movie director. You are certainly talented.

very good 9/10

Really enjoyed it! Great work!!

Good story, good acting, good effects, good everything.

Fascinating 😮uk 🇬🇧

Bright.

Great movie. Totally lost at the ending but, great nonetheless.

Great acting, great storyline but missing a punch or closure. Based on the name ascension would indicate rainy to a higher state of being but there was no insight by the character to indicate anything more than death by a alien being.

Definitely not something you can fall asleep watching. Far larger budgets have put me to sleep.

love it 🥰🥰